News - WaterMellon

Open House at the American University of Beirut

On September 30, 2025, ICU took part in the AUB Open House 2025, organized by NGOi -Reimagining Partnerships & Sustainability in the Civil Society Sector – at West Hall, American University of Beirut. The event gathered a wide network of...

07.10.2025

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Workshop organised at Aqua Campus, Italy

On September 22nd, our partner Canale Emiliano Romagnolo (CER) held a workshop at Aqua Campus where they presented the WATERMELLON PRIMA project and organised a meeting with the Regional Farming Group. They also had a visit to the experimental fields,...

06.10.2025

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WaterMellon presented at the 36th AAIC conference in the USA

The first week of September, our partner Eleni Papazoglou, from the Agricultural University of Athens, presented a poster titled “Underutilized Climate-Resilient Cereals in Sustainable Farming: The Emerging Potential of Quinoa, Teff, and Tritordeum” at the 36th Implementing Sustainable Strategies for...

03.10.2025

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WaterMellon presented at the SPIE sensors + Imaging International Conference in Madrid

On the 16th of September, WaterMellon project was presented at the SPIE sensors + Imaging International Conference in Madrid. Our partner Prof. Emmanouil Psomiadis, from the Agricultural University of Athens presented a poster with the title “Integrating Earth Observation for...

30.09.2025

Events Lebanon News

First WaterMellon Stakeholder Workshops Held in Lebanon

As part of the WaterMellon project, funded by the PRIMA Program, two stakeholder workshops were successfully held in Lebanon: the first on 26 July 2025 in Iaat (Baalbeck-Hermel Governorate) and the second on 24 August 2025 in Yohmor (Nabatiyeh Governorate)....

17.09.2025

Greece News

On the terraces of Polyrrinia: A family’s 20-year commitment to Carob cultivation

High on the steep terraces of Polyrrinia, in Kissamos, western Chania, the Sgouromalli family has been quietly tending an orchard that tells a story of resilience, tradition, and sustainable farming. Spread across six hectares of rugged hillside (35.4439, 23.6634), the...

29.08.2025

Lebanon News

Second stakeholders’ workshop in Yohmor, Lebanon

On August 24, 2025, the WaterMellon Project under the PRIMA Program organized its second stakeholders’ workshop in Yohmor (Nabatiyeh Governorate, Lebanon). The event was hosted by ICU – Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria, in collaboration with local cooperatives, and brought...

27.08.2025

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Local Farmers Join Forces with WaterMellon Project to Tackle Climate Challenges

On July 26, 2025, the first workshop of the WaterMellon Project, funded by the PRIMA Program, was successfully held in Iaat, in the Baalbeck-Hermel Governorate, marking the launch of Lebanon’s first pilot site. A dynamic group of 27 local stakeholders,...

29.07.2025

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Lebanon’s agricultural and livestock sectors, the problems and the solutions

On June 26th, our partner ICU participated in a workshop in Beirut where they presented WaterMellon project to a group of researchers, representatives of related Ministries, universities, research centres, and private companies. The workshop brought together a large number of...

08.07.2025

Linked projects News

Successful first Convention of Agri-food Cooperative Technicians in Andalusia

Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Andalucía, the regional branch of our Spanish partner Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España, successfully hosted the 1st Convention of Agri-food Cooperative Technicians in Andalusia on June 5–6. The event brought together more than 350 participants, highlighting the crucial...

08.06.2025

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Open House at the American University of Beirut

Workshop organised at Aqua Campus, Italy

WaterMellon presented at the 36th AAIC conference in the USA

WaterMellon presented at the SPIE sensors + Imaging International Conference in Madrid

First WaterMellon Stakeholder Workshops Held in Lebanon

On the terraces of Polyrrinia: A family’s 20-year commitment to Carob cultivation

Second stakeholders’ workshop in Yohmor, Lebanon

Local Farmers Join Forces with WaterMellon Project to Tackle Climate Challenges

Lebanon’s agricultural and livestock sectors, the problems and the solutions

Successful first Convention of Agri-food Cooperative Technicians in Andalusia

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